-Announcing wxWindows 2.3.3, September 9th, 2002
+Announcing wxWidgets 2.7.0: a cross-platform GUI toolkit
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-Announcing the release of a development snapshot of the mature
-cross-platform C++ application framework, wxWindows.
+August 5th, 2006 -- the wxWidgets team is pleased to announce
+a new release of the mature cross-platform C++ application framework.
The following platforms are supported:
- Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP
-- Unix with GTK+ 1.x and 2.0
-- Unix with X11
+- Windows 64 on Itanium and x86-64 architectures
+- Windows CE, including Pocket PC 2003 and Smartphone 2003
+- Unix (Linux, *BSD, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Tru64) and VMS with GTK+
+- Unix with X11 (beta)
- Unix with Motif/Lesstif
-- VMS with GTK+ 1.x
-- MacOS 8.6, 9.x and 10.x
-- OS/2 (alpha)
-
-To get wxWindows, go to the Download page at:
-
- http://www.wxwindows.org
-
-This is likely to be the last development snapshot in the
-2.3.x series, before the release of the stable 2.4.x series.
-
-*** About wxWindows
-
-wxWindows is probably the most powerful and comprehensive
-open-source, multi-platform C++ GUI framework available, which
-can be used to build commercial and free software. It's used by many
-organisations all over the world, including the company that
-invented the GUI.
-
-For most ports, wxWindows adopts the native look and feel of
+- Mac OS X using Carbon
+- Mac OS X using Cocoa (beta)
+- OS/2 (beta)
+
+To get wxWidgets, please go to the Download page at:
+
+ http://www.wxwidgets.org/
+
+This is the first version in the new 2.7 development series. Please
+notice that this series is called "development" and not "stable"
+solely because ABI or API compatibility is not assured between
+different 2.7.x series versions. Rest assured however that these
+potentially incompatible changes are made in order to evolve the
+toolkit to the next ABI stable release series (2.8.x) and that
+normally efforts are made to preserve compilation compatibility, so
+often moving to a new development release just requires a full
+recompile of the application using wxWidgets. There are currently no
+known issues with the stability of the programs using this version.
+
+There have been many changes since the 2.6 series, please see the
+change log file included in the distribution for more details. The
+most significant additions to the GUI part of the libraries were:
+
+ - AUI (advanced user interface) library providing dockable
+ windows and much more
+ - richtext library implementing wxRichTextCtrl
+ - New wxComboCtrl and wxOwnerDrawnComboBox controls
+ - New wxTreebook book-like control
+ - New wxColour/Dir/File/Font/PickerCtrls
+ - wxHyperlinkCtrl control
+
+
+*** About wxWidgets
+
+wxWidgets is a comprehensive open-source, multi-platform C++ GUI
+framework, that can be used to build commercial and free
+software. First released in 1992 under the name wxWindows, it's
+increasingly used by organisations and individuals all over the
+world due to its winning combination of sophistication, wide
+platform coverage, ease of use, unrestrictive licence and
+vibrant user community.
+
+For most ports, wxWidgets adopts the native look and feel of
each platform since it uses the native widget sets. There is also
-a generic widget set, used for the wxX11 port - no other widget set
-is required, giving the potential for embedded use.
+a generic widget set, used for example by the wxX11 port - no
+other widget set is required, giving the potential for embedded
+use.
An extraordinary range of classes is provided - but don't be put
-off by this because most people find wxWindows easier to learn
+off by this because most people find wxWidgets easier to learn
and use than MFC and other frameworks.
As well as comprehensive support for the usual widgets, advanced
features include: HTML viewing/printing, wxImage class providing
-handlers for eading and writing many image types, resizeable panels
+handlers for reading and writing many image types, resizable panels
and dialogs on all platforms, document/view, OpenGL support,
HTML-based and context-sensitive help, wizards, drag and drop,
a grid class, ODBC support, threads, sockets, container classes,
-and much more. An 1800-page reference manual is provided in HTML,
-MS HTML Help, WinHelp, wxWindows Help and PDF, and there are over
-70 samples and demos.
+a styled text control, and much more. A 2,000-page reference manual
+is provided in HTML, MS HTML Help, WinHelp, wxWidgets Help and PDF
+formats, and there are over eighty samples and demos.
-If you're an MFC user, you'll find many wxWindows concepts
+If you're an MFC user, you'll find many wxWidgets concepts
reassuringly familiar, while often clearer and more consistent.
If you're not, you should still find it intuitive from the start.
-wxWindows bindings for several other languages are available,
+wxWidgets bindings for many other languages are available,
including Python, Perl, Basic, Lua, JavaScript and Eiffel.
-If you're considering wxWindows, do check out some of these links:
+If you're considering wxWidgets, do check out some of these links:
- http://www.wxwindows.org/feedback.htm ; Comments from users
- http://www.wxwindows.org/screensh.htm ; Screenshots
- http://www.wxwindows.org/users.htm ; A list of some of our
- ; users
+ http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/feedback.htm ; Comments from users
+ http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/screensh.htm ; Screenshots
+ http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/users.htm ; Some of our users
Have fun!
-Julian Smart and the wxWindows team
+The wxWidgets team
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